hic jacet

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Noun
  • The researchers also found ancient graffiti among the fragments, including an inscription of nearly the entire Greek alphabet.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • The bricks all have inscriptions related to the crash, were purchased by people connected with Flight 212, will be grouped together and will support the museum’s mission of aviation safety, McDonald said.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.
    TIME Staff, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • See treasures Human remains that had been burned were also found inside the tomb, along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror, a jade hairpin, a wooden comb and an epitaph, or tombstone.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
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